Jere40Merc Loc: Raleigh, North Carolina

I hiked up to Clingman's Dome in the Smokies last summer and since it was a steep hike, 331 ft climb in 1.2 miles, and I'm old, 81, I stopped to shoot a bunch of photos along the way. So on this one I had a bunch of dead trees and big weeds in the way so I used the erase tool and the clone stamp to get rid of them. This was the hardest part to do since I had to make sure everything matched and since there were sun breaks in the clouds I replaced the sky with one that I thought worked better. Also used a lot of the Ai features and filters. Here is the before and after.

On the second one which is the Raleigh, NC LDS Temple, I started with a much better shot which by itself is pretty good. I first straightened the lines and then pulled the perspective down so the steeple was right and then added some clouds I had shot a couple of years ago. I like it both with clouds and without. I played with that for quite awhile moving them around. Anyway I'd be interested in your comments good or bad. I know some of these tools are controversial but I don't see why you can't use them if it makes the shot better at least in your mind.

Jere Snyder

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SafetySam Loc: Colorado

I like the adjustments . . . my copy of Luminar4 shuts down every 3 to 7 minutes and I get a"memory management" error . . . very frustrating.

I think the program has great possibilities, but the support kinda sucks . .

Good job on these.

Jere40Merc Loc: Raleigh, North Carolina

Thanks Sam. I am using an Apple iMac Mid 2011 model 27in with High Sierra OS and I haven't had a problem. Locked up once when I exported the mountain shot. I guessed because I had so many changes to the original it chugged on export. But that only happened once.

SafetySam Loc: Colorado

That's probably the difference . . . I am using a PC. Skylum originally designed the LUminar product for the MAC and then adapted it for the PC . .

I've been wanting a MAC to process both video and photos, but it would be a waste to use it ONLY for processing . .

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

You may very well be low on memory.... Check it out...... What does the program require and what do you have in comparison.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Both sets are good as far as your work the only problem is all temples are white white white and your photo is beige so I would I would turn the temple White.

Of the top two, I like the top one cuz I like the snags over on the right that you took out so, in that one I think I would have brought out the shadows a little bit and then lighten the whole thing and just left the snags in there to me that's part of the picture. Just my opinion

Jere40Merc Loc: Raleigh, North Carolina

Actually this temple is not white. It was just re-dedicated at the begining of Nov. after the previous one had interior mold and had to be remodeled. The old one was white. There are several temples that are not white. Salt Lake and Logan Utah are ones that come to mind.

I could have done all the color and exposure stuff I did in the second one but I felt I had to take out the snags because we have had a hemlock disease that has wiped out most of our native Hemlocks and I have been so distressed about that that I am reminded of the problem every time I see one. That's just me. And once you start down that road might as well go whole hog.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Wow, I have never seen a temple that was not white, which is considered pure (at least that is what my Mormon friends have told me)...... Anyway, like I said both were good..... They are yours and if you are pleased, that is what counts...

Happy shooting..

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

I like your adjustments on the Tenn. shot. I think it looks quite realistic. The original Temple shot looks a tad underexposed on my screen and Luminar still didn't lighten it to my taste. I'm with Frank on the color. Almost looks like the Temple was shot early in "Golden Hour" while the rest was shot mid-afternoon.

For Sam, I use Luminar 4 on my PC and have been using version 3 as well as Photolemur3 from Skylum with no problems. Frank may have hit that nail on the head and a tad more RAM could solve your problems.

SonyBug

Nice work. I have L4, but can not find the Filters button. In L3, it is in tools up in the top line. I wrote to Luminar and yesterday I got a reply. "We are behind as we have received 7000 emails for support in the past week." So, that tells me that L4 was really not ready for prime time, and that they really sold a ton of these things.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Nice work. Of the first pic, the brightness of the forground seems a little out of place considering the rest of the pic. I'm not sure I would of picked up on this if you just posted the edit.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Deffinitely made a decisive difference in both applications. Nice work. Thank you.

rtb220 Loc: O'Fallon, MO

You might need to increase your memory. I have a 2017 27" iMac that came with 8GB of RAM, I added 32GB of RAM and Luminar 4 runs smooth and fast.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Very nice, I love it.

bbradford Loc: Wake Forest NC

Impressive at 81. I think the 1st is good and the 2nd spectacular. I agree with you if it looks better, who cares.